St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-17
Abstracts of sermons by some of the

prominent ministers of MINNEAPOLIS yester-
day appear herewith:
Rev. J. j. Hall preached at the First Baptist
church. taxing for his text the words: Jesus
Christ, the same yesterday, to-day and for
ever" Hebrews xiii, S. Mr.. Hall said:
By the very utterance Of these words we
are az once impressed by the fact of the great
contrast between Jesus Christ and all that re-
lates 10 this world. OF what can it be said
that in the past, present or future it undergoeS
no change? 1t cannot be sid of empires;
they rise and flourish for while, but they
pass away. Think of the famous cities of
antiquity, many Of them heaps OF ruin. Great
men have appeared before the world, and for
While the earth seemed to tTemble beneath
their tread; at their command thousands
rushed to arms, but who cares foI them now?
They sleep the sleep of death, and their names
Strike no terror to any hearts. We look at the
family and see that changes are constantly
taking place there. How scattered the sons
and daughterSi The old home is all broken
up. Mother has long since been borne to the
silence of the grave. George is here in
the Northwest; Mary remains at home;
but were you to return 1t would
not seem the same as in days past and gone
Yet midst all earth's changes there isOne who
changes not. Nations and empires may pass
away; cities may lie in the dust; kings may be
dethroned; the great and mighty may sleep
the sleep of death; yea, the sun itself may
grow dim with age and nature sink in years
but Jesus is the same yesterday, to-day and
forever. In what sense is He the unchange-
able one? Not that His feelings are ever the
same, nor the manner in which He is pleased
TO reveal himself. But He is the same in His
essential being. AS the Divine One OF yester-
day, or before all time, so shall He be for
evermOre He is the same in the greatness Of
His love. OF this quality who can f1ttingly
speak. This is ever the same in all its richness
and depth. 1t undergoeS no change by our
sinfulness. The Lord Jesus is the same in the
greatness Of His power to create power to
protect, and power to aid all who put their
trust in Him. He is the same in His wonder
full sympathy and willingness to comfort and
cheer. We preach living Christ, who is the
need of every human heart.
THE LONELINESS OF GUILT.
Rev. II. c. Hovey, d. D., preached in
the Second Congregational church, taking
for his text. Genesis 4:12, "a Fugitive
and Vagabond Shalt Thou Be in the
Earth"
Cain felt this terrible sentence enter his
soul, and cried out: My punishment is greater
than can bear" Abel, with whom he had
been comrade for a century, was slain by his
hand. Fear peoped the world with avengers
of blood, from whom he should vainly fly.
God set mark on him as sign of safety
and let wounded conscience do its work. Cam
went forth into tie Land of Nod, and his
brave wife went with the fearful man and
became the mother of his numerous children.
Their fortified dwelling became the center of
a cluster of castles, and finally q city was
built We do not know what became Of Cain.
A Jewish tradition tells us that he wandered
about till he became insane and continued SO
for a thousand years. But it is certain that
the law of heredity worked with re-
lentless yigor, so that, although some
of his descendants were men of re-
nown, they helped TO ill the world with
such intolerable wckedness that il had to be
cleansed by the waves Of n universal deluge.
But Cain was a typical sinner. Every sin
leaves its indeble mark. Men who sin are
O ten made to feel that they are but fugitiveS.
History is full of instances of statesmen. rul-
erS, champions, who, having abused their
power, have fed. Others. not convicted by
any court, have yet writhed under the scorn
of an indignant race. And many whose guilt
has been successfully concealed have carried
about secret load Of lnfamy. They wonder
why men do not detect them. They expert
ence terrible isolation. Such cases are the
natural product of fast living. Many man
of shining talents knows himself 10 be guilty
of sins that would drive his dearest friends
away. This grief has sometimes been told in
poetry or oratory; but much remorse is very
prosaic and commonplace, Sin destroys the
finer elements of the inner man, while it may
long leave the outer frame untouched; like
the forest tree that has begun 10 decay at tue
heart. One of the greatest of punishments
is that which keeps criminal in the dark
cell" 1t has driven many man mad. A
guilty conscience puts souls in the dark cell,
without shutting their bodies behind the bars.
Load such men with honors and surround
them by home comforts, and they say to
if detected. Hence they are miser-
able fugitives. Do their wanderings
cease beyond this life? Or are they like
the tabled Wandering Jew who could
never rest because of the voice commanding
him to March! March!'' God himself de-
and says that ''they cannot rest But there
remaineth rest for the people of God Let
US not wait for that day of Judgment when to
the guilty the King shall SAY Departs" but
let us avail ourselves of the love and mercy
offered so freely now. Every man knows for
himself if he has inward peace and repose.
There is no use in trying to deceive ourselves
on such vital point. There is abundant
hope for every soul that will accept the Lord
Jesus Christ. He is the Good Shepherd that
searches for His lost and wandering sheep.
He is the Son of God, whose voice can pierce
even the dark cell where remorse is brooding
over Il sinful past, and can arouse the soul
ready to despair by saying, brother, Hye!'
If you will take Jesus as your friend your
loneliness shall cease. The eood are never
alone.
are the Heather Accountable?
Rev. w. T. Chase preached at the First
Baptist church, his text being Acts xvii,
o. DeCduSc I1G lids d pOlHlSu III WHICH
He will Judge the world in righteousness by
that man whom He has ordained
What relation do the heather sustain to the
DAY of judgment? Are they unaccountable
because not in possession of Gods revealed
will and therefore TO be acquitted at the
Judgment, or are they accountable? The
question is fundamental, and practically af-
fects the work Of missions. The fact Of the
day of judgment for the heathen as well as
for all others is often stated in the Bible and
pointedly so in the text. viz: GOD Has ap-
pointed day in which He will judge the
World The heather cannot be judged by
any law of revelation. Every law. divine or
otherwise, must have penalty. The heather
have no revealed law. Again, they not
under the law of faith. For whosoever shall
call upon the name Of the Lord shall be
saved. How, then, shall they call on Him
i'll whom they have not believed? And how
shall they believe In. Him.. of whom
they have not heard? And how shall
they hear without a preacher? And
how shall they preach. unless they are sent
forth? Are they Sinless and guiltless? This
has to do with moral. right and wrong
with human character and conduct. Moral
right in human conduct is worthy of praise.
Moral wrong in human praise is guilt. If the
revealed law of God is the ground of right
aud wrong, then the heather, not having that
law al G not accountable; but if the revealed
law is only an expression of what lies behind
itself, then they may be accountable. 1t is
evident that the law against murder and
thert, false witnesses, etc, does not make
these things wrong, but simply expresses the
wrong. Take the great principle of all human
intercourse as stated by Christ: whatsoever
We would that men should do to you, do ye
ever so them" Did Christs statement make
this principle right and aduty, or does he
simply formulate a changeless principle
which it was never wrong to act upon and
never right to disregard? Without revela-
ton the heather recognize this prin-